All the color drained out of Jules' face as the realization of what Tachibana had just said sunk in. Considering how dark a complexion he had, that said quite a bit.

"I dread to think what you ran into. I was not exactly the most well behaved youth at any moment, and I certainly would not have been a pleasant experience at any age, though certain ones would have been worse than others."

If Tachibana had met him in his early teens when he'd been drugged out of his mind and constantly contemplating suicide or familial murder...